Newsletter Women's

Presidents Message

Happy Easter

It is hard to believe that Easter is fast approaching. I hope that everyone has an enjoyable holiday weekend. When our management team met in March, we were convinced that we would be having our first in person meeting in April. Unfortunately, the uptake in Covid 19 numbers, due to the new sub-variant, has necessitated a review of this plan. We unfortunately must cancel all in person Probus meetings until September 2022. This is under the advisement of our Regional Director as well. We will return to our Zoom meetings for April. I understand how disappointing this is to many of our members, but we must be cautious and keep everyone safe. Take care

June Meeting

Additional Information

As part of our June meeting, we will be submitting the names of members who have taken on positions on our management team for the last year. These members will stay in their current positions until June 2023, when we hopefully will have nominations for a slate of officers.

This makes it a bit easier for anyone interested in the Vice President’s position, since they would not move on to President until 2023 rather than 2022. The learning curve for Vice President is very gentle and highly supported by the management team. We desperately need this position covered for the next year.

I would like to thank Sharon Bale and Nancy Gillespie for all their work with Getting to Know You. They are stepping down at this time from management positions. We need someone or a team of people to assume the responsibility for this role.

A full job description of both of these positions is available upon request.

A thank you to Carol Tapley for her new role as our 50/50 coordinator. This will return in the fall.

Thank you to everyone who has taken on a leadership role enabling us to continue the work of Probus.

E. Jane Fletcher, President.

March Meeting

Something we learned from the first TED Talk we saw last month: a Venus fly-trap is not only fast moving and carnivorous, it can also count! It only closes when it counts an appropriate number of actions on its trigger hairs.

Some advice from the second talk: practice gratitude - it can help to wire our brains to build resilience. It also generates a feeling of peace, it can decrease depression and help build a stronger immune system. We can learn to intentionally activate gratitude circuits in our brain to bring about the positive effects.

Coming up: Speaker for April: 20 Minute Showcase: Tim Gard, Funny Motivational Keynote Speaker General Meeting: Wednesday April 20 at 10am on Zoom

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

FROM YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM:

Your management team has continued to work diligently to provide interesting Zoom meetings for our members and to provide consistent operations of our group. As you can imagine, planning and forecasting events during the past two years has been challenging. The management team has been exceptional in their commitment to Woodstock-Oxford Women’s Probus Club. It is hard to believe that Easter is fast approaching. I hope that everyone has an enjoyable holiday weekend. It is hard to believe that Easter is fast approaching. I hope that everyone has an enjoyable holiday weekend. When our management team met in March, we were convinced that we would be having our first in person meeting in April. Unfortunately, the uptake in Covid 19 numbers, due to the new sub-variant, has necessitated a review of this plan. We unfortunately must cancel all in person Probus meetings until September 2022. This is under the advisement of our Regional Director as well. We will return to our Zoom meetings for April.

I understand how disappointing this is to many of our members, but we must be cautious and keep everyone safe.

Take care. Woodstock-Oxford Women’s Probus Management Team ins.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

As a service club, we are required to have a slate of officers to ensure that the bylaws and constitution of Probus Canada are upheld. We are not able to function without a President, so the role of Vice President is critical moving forward. We have a wonderful management team that functions well and supports one another in the decision-making processes. Each person engages in their role and fulfills the responsibilities. The role of Vice President moving into President is not an onerous task. You are not alone in this role but surrounded by knowledgeable women. The current President remains on as Past President for knowledge sharing and support.

We need someone to accept the position of Vice President.

Without this position we will not be able to function in September when the position changes to President.

It is critical to have this role filled as soon as possible.

Please consider accepting this role, so we can continue as a group

You may contact me Jane Fletcher at 519-290-3555 or e.jane.fletcher@gmail.com.

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Newsletter 'APRIL' 2022

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